Philadelphia loves gamers. They love the Lenny Dykstra dirt dog that slams his body into the wall to make the catch. The fans don’t accept the "for who?? For WHAT?" type of player. A man to collect a paycheck and take his turn...

They Boo him in May. Rip his defense, his leadership, his paycheck, and his all around ability to play baseball. But those critics do a funny thing in September. Those boo's get turned to chants of MVP as the biggest critic becomes the biggest fan...

In 2008 it was a whole different story. Brad Lidge lived up to that nickname of "lights out." He finished the 2008 year going a perfect 48-48 in saves. In 78 2/3 IP he had an amazing 105 strike outs...

Let me say that I’m white. I’ve been white ever since I was born. Both my parents are white. All of my favorite players, in all 4 major sports, are black. I have a DeAngello Williams, Lito Sheppard, Nigel Dawes, and a Terrell Owens jersey...

It was just announced that Pedro Martinez will be taking Jamie Moyers spot in the rotation. Pedro will start Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs. I think we all can agree that Jamie has not been very effective this year...

Cole Hamels came into this season the king of the world. He had just come off a postseason that saw him have a 1.80 ERA as a starter. He had a nice WS MVP trophy and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated...

In Philadelphia when you think of Ed Wade chances are you probably don't think of anything good. Wade left Philadelphia with his held down low. A man who resembled a dog with his tail between his legs...

"I am very ... VERY ... humbled." I never thought we would hear that sentence come out of Ricky Henderson's mouth, but that's what the greatest base-stealer of all time had to say as he was inducted into Cooperstown last week...

Let me say that i love basketball. When i was little i loved Charles Barkley. My dad had a taped Sixers Blazers game he would put on to shut me up. I liked basketball but as i got older, as i got wiser if you will, i started to despise the NBA...

For the first time since the Scott Rolen trade the Phillies were involved in probably the biggest trade at the deadline. But unlike Rolen who was basically given away for Placido Polonco (who turned into Ugeth Urbina...

So I will update my list of the 2009 Phillies prospects as we have hit the midway point of the season1) Carlos Carrasco-SP-LHV: This is a guy who beat out Kyle Kendrick, before losing the #5 starter spot to Chan Ho Park...

I did this last year so i may as well do it again. if your interested in how badly i shat the bed last year that note is under my notes section so you can take a look1) The Phillies letting Pat Burrell go will be a mistake...

I wrote a Phillies top 10 prospects list in March. I named the top 10 prospects of the Phillies in my minda how they ranked at the time. I figured since we were half way through i would decide to give an update on how each is doing...

Ok im going to write my predictions down so when i sit there and say "i told you" people start accusing me of just getting it from ESPN.first: The Phillies will win 92 games this season and Will win the divison...

Top 10 Phillies prospects1) Carlos Carrasco: RHP. Went 6-2 for Clearwater pitching 69.2 innings while striking out 53. He compiled an ERA of 2.85. Got called up from Clearwater to double A Reading and went 6-4 there pitching 70...